FullMetalPanda:They were able to fire 3 missiles without anyone being able to stop them. I think they accomplished what they wanted to do.

Technically, the US, China, Japan, Russia, South Korea, and any number of other countries could have stopped them, had they chose to. But why? As long as Un and his regime are funneling most of their money into missiles that frankly don't work, they aren't feeding their people (and only barely feeding their troops). We are betting that a popular uprising will eventually ensue, which will topple the government without us firing a single shot. Meanwhile, all we have to do is be watchful, and if they actually look like they are going to take aggressive action against us or our allies, the carpet bombing of Pyongyang will begin.

Smashed Hat:I do love how we completely forgot about North Korea's threats the moment more newsworthy stories came up.

Obviously the Lizard People coordinated the Boston Bombing, Benghazigate, IRSgate, Russiagate, and Tim Tebow's release to distract the American people from paying attention to North Korea so Kim wouldn't be embarassed he had to ramp down.

They really don't seem to have a clue what's going on in the rest of the world. If you haven't seen the Vice documentary 'Inside North Korea' on YouTube I highly recommend it.

This reminds me of a game of Civilization. Do you remember those times where you build up your little empire in a nice, deserted section of the map? You don't have very much contact with the other civs so you found a few cities, get some roads and farms going and make a little army. Then one day, one of the other civs founds a city a little too close to yours and doesn't want to play nice and trade luxury items with you so you're like, "Screw it, I'm gonna take their city!" So you declare war and march in there and suddenly realize they are defending the city with tanks and you're attacking with spearmen.

Smashed Hat:They really don't seem to have a clue what's going on in the rest of the world. If you haven't seen the Vice documentary 'Inside North Korea' on YouTube I highly recommend it.

This reminds me of a game of Civilization. Do you remember those times where you build up your little empire in a nice, deserted section of the map? You don't have very much contact with the other civs so you found a few cities, get some roads and farms going and make a little army. Then one day, one of the other civs founds a city a little too close to yours and doesn't want to play nice and trade luxury items with you so you're like, "Screw it, I'm gonna take their city!" So you declare war and march in there and suddenly realize they are defending the city with tanks and you're attacking with spearmen.

/ That's usually what happens to me, anyway

They are allowed to indulge any self-delusory fantasy they wish. They're like some 30-year-old loser, living in their parents' (China's) basement, protected from everything, including themselves.